Quote Originally Posted by aceside View Post
I just looked up the Stanford Wong PBJ book. It shows that for the hand of (7,7)vs8, the HiLo index of hit/splitting is TC>=+5 for a 4-deck s-17 shoe but TC>=-1 for a 1-deck s-17 shoe. This seemingly supports my argument of playing different indices at different levels of dealing depths for the same 8-deck shoe with a fixed penetration of 7.5 decks.
Oh no. It does nothing of the sort. Of course indices are different according to the total number of decks -- but not with remaining decks. If you start with four decks and have one left, the one left is still based on four decks.

Example, what are the odds of getting a BJ? It's the odds of getting an ace then a ten plus the odds of getting a ten and an ace since either is a natural.

Single-deck (52 cards, 4 aces and 16 tens): (4/52 * 16/51) + (16/52 * 4/51) = 0.04826546003
Double-deck (104 cards, 8 aces and 32 tens): (8/104 * 32/103) + (32/104 * 8/103) = 0.04779686333

Simple combinations. That's true at the start, middle, or end of the pile of cards.